Although we generally think of Kentucky nursing home abuse as an abuse of a resident by a caregiver, residents often abuse each other. How can this be prevented? Each resident’s door can be kept locked from the inside. Given that perhaps 80 to 90 percent…
You’re right: you really must report the error. If it happened to you, it may happen to someone else, and he or she might not catch the error in time to prevent serious health consequences. Here is what to do: Go online to the Institute…
It wouldn’t hurt to talk to a lawyer. You have no obligation to hire the one you speak with, and often the initial consultation is free. Anoxic brain injuries can be mild to severe, causing varying degrees of problems with memory, behavior, and cognition. For…
If your mother is getting no satisfaction from talking with the staff, ask to speak to the nursing home manager. This is the type of situation managers do not want occurring in their facility, and he or she will probably take your mother’s complaints seriously….
You’re right to be concerned. My guess is that the nursing home, like most, is understaffed. I’m not making excuses for them; they probably are so overworked that they don’t even realize what’s falling by the wayside. Do them and your dad a favor and…
I understand your frustration. There is definitely disagreement among “experts.” In a recent study of 1,600 Danish children at age five—whose mothers drank either a small amount of alcohol daily or drank five or more drinks early in pregnancy—the children of drinking moms performed just…